1) Yesterday, White Sox 1B Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to 18 games. Abreu is the 2nd player in White Sox history with multiple 18+ game hitting streaks in a season, joining Eddie Collins (1920, 22 & 21) (Abreu’s other streak was 18). (White Sox team notes) Abreu is just the 2nd rookie in the past 65 years to have multiple 18+ game hitting seasons, joining Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 23 & 21). (Elias) Abreu is 24 hits above the league average, which is tied for 5th in White Sox history for rookies and he’s on pace to finish 2nd on that list, with 36. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)

2) Yesterday, Phillies 2B Chase Utley and SS Jimmy Rollins homered in the same game for the 23rd time, which set a new major league record for a DP combination (Dan Uggla, Hanley Ramirez, 22 with the Marlins). (Elias) Utley and Rollins rank 6th and 9th, respectively on the Phillies’s all time HR list. But, while Utley moved into the Phillies top 10 yesterday in HR above the league average, Rollins is 5th in most HR below the league average. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)

3) Yesterday, the Yankees ended a streak of 83 consecutive games without scoring in double digits, which was their longest streak since the DH began (old high: 1988-89, 71). (@ktsharp) The team record (since 1914) is 165 (1970-71). (playindex) The Yankees have -21 RCAA and are on pace for their 1st back to back negative RCAA seasons since 1995-96. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia). But, they are far off from their 2013 team record for worst RCAA. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)

4) On Sunday, the Yankees’s streak of 21 consecutive games having the lead at some point game ended, which was their longest streak since 2002 (22 games). (Elias)

5) Yesterday, Rangers 1B J.P. Arencibia became the 4th player (5th time) in Rangers history to have 2 2B and 2 HR in the same game (never did it as the Senators) and was the 6th player to do it against the Yankees (since 1914). (playindex)

6) Yesterday, the Rangers lost to the Yankees, 12-11, and it was the 1st time the Rangers scored 11+ runs in a loss since 2008 (9/19, 15-13 loss to the Angels). (Elias) The ended the Rangers’s team record 6 game streak of holding the Yankees to 2 runs or less, which was also the longest such streak in the majors since 1991 (Angels, 7). (Rangers team notes) The Rangers reached 20 losses in July for the 1st time since 1983 and for the 1st time in any month since May 2007. (Rangers team notes)

7) Yesterday, the Reds became the 1st team in history to have a 11 game streak of scoring 3 runs or less immediately after the all star break. (Elias)

8) Yesterday, the A’s trailed the Astros, 4-1, going to the top of the 9th, and then scored 6 for a 7-4 win. It was just the 2nd time in A’s history they entered the 9th inning with a 3+ run deficit and won the game by 3+ (6/5/83, trailed the Orioles, 3-0, going to the top of the 9th, won, 8-3, it was the 1st game of a doubleheader). (Elias) It was the 1st time the Astros lost a home game after having a 3 run lead going into the 9th since 2002 (8/9, leading the Braves, 5-2, lost, 6-5, in 13). (Elias)

9) Yesterday, Orioles CF Adam Jones became the 8th player in Browns/Orioles history with 4+ consecutive years with 20+ HR. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) Jones set the team record for consecutive years with 20+ HR by a CF and is just the 2nd CF in franchise history with consecutive 20+ HR seasons. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)

10) Yesterday, Orioles SS Manny Machado (age 22) became the 2nd youngest player in Orioles history to hit a walkoff HR, behind Cal Ripken (age 21, 7/27/82) and the only other Orioles to hit a walkoff HR, at age 22 was Eddie Murray (8/3/78). (Elias) Machado is 2nd in Browns/Orioles history for career HR through age 21 season (but, he’s also 5 below the league average). (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)

11) Yesterday, Cubs SS Starlin Castro’s walkoff SF in the bottom of the 16th was the Cubs’s latest walkoff RBI (inningswise) since Sammy Sosa (5/31/03, also 16th inning). (ESPN Stats & Information) Castro is 8 RBI above the league average in 2014, which is a tremendous improvement over his -42 figure from 2014, which just missed the team’s top 10 for RBI below the league average. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)

13) Yesterday, the Indians’s 6 game home winning streak against the Mariners ended, which was their 2nd longest home winning streak against the Mariners in team history (1977-79, 8). (Indians team notes)

14) Yesterday, Astros P Scott Feldman made his 150th career start, while the other 4 member of the Astros’s current rotation have combined for 135 (Dallas Keuchel, 57; Jarred Cosart, 30; Collin McHugh, 24; Brett Oberholtzer, 24). (Astros team notes)

15) Yesterday, Dodgers P Josh Beckett reached 100 SO for the 12th time in his career, which is tied for 3rd among active pitchers. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia) Beckett is 7th among active pitchers in career SO and 6th vs. the league average. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)

16) Yesterday, Mariners P Hisashi Iwakuma’s streak of 36 1/3 consecutive innings without a BB ended, which is 2nd longest in team history (Cliff Lee, 2010) and his team record streak of 5 consecutive starts without a BB ended. (Mariners team notes) Iwakuma is tied for 7th in Mariners history for career BB above the league average. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)

17) Yesterday, the Pirates won their 17th consecutive game in which they scored in the 1st inning, which is their longest streak since 1928 (also 17), while the team record is 28 (1909). (Elias)

18) On Sunday, Dodgers RF Yasiel Puig played in his 200th career game. He ranks tied for 3rd in Dodgers history (since 1914) for most HR and for most career TB in a player’s first 200 career games. (playindex)

19) The Giants have scored just 6 runs over their last 6 games. This is just the 2nd time in the past 99 seasons in which the Giants have scored 6 or less over a 6 game span (1992). (Elias)

20) On Monday, Braves P Craig Kimbrel struck out the side in the 9th in a 1-2-3 inning. It was the 25th time in his career that he faced exactly 3 batters in an appearance and struck them all out, which ranks 2nd in MLB history, behind Billy Wagner (32). (playindex) It was the 18th time he did it and got a “save”, which is a major league record (old: Trevor Hoffman, 15; Billy Wagner, 15). (playindex) Kimbrel is 3rd in Braves history for career SO above the league average. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia)